On the issue of the Native American Indians, I worked on a movie once with a bunch of Native American Indians from South Dakota, they were wealthy from oil, they had oil on their reservation, and they spent their time working on movie sets because they loved show business. They worked because they chose to, they were already rich from the oil so they worked because they loved movie making.
On the movie I worked with the Indians on, the film was a German independent film, the film was sponsored by a German beer company and so they had all the free German beer that they wanted while they were filming, and the beer had product placement in the movie, it was a dark comedy named "Short Cut to Hollywood" and we worked in Agua Dulce, California, we showed up and they served us Starbucks coffee while they told us what the plan was for the day, then we shot for one hour, then they served us awesome lasagna and while we were eating they made up our paychecks and they paid us $300 for one hour worth of work. It was the best job I ever had. Everyone was just having fun, and a wealthy German beer company was paying for everything.
I also met wealthy Native American Indians in Beverly Hills, they were wealthy from the seafood industry.
And the San Manuel Tribe is successful, and so is the Seminole Tribe, and other tribes as rising.
Also Robert Redford helped to build the new movie studio in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the Camel Rock Studio, which is the first studio owned by the Native American Indians. Maybe other tribes will join studios too, a lot of people love to make movies and they have a message that they want to get out to the world, they have stories to tell. I tried to get the San Manuel Tribe to open a new studio in Anaheim, but they were not interested then, but maybe in the future they will be interested in the movie industry. As Camel Rock is successful then it will inspire other tribes.
Salute,
Tony V.
